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Artificial intelligence, is the simulation of human intelligence in machines to take decisions, solve problems and perform tasks that would typically require human intelligence. In the past few days, Meta (Facebook) release its powerful AI tool (Llama 3) on WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook without any option to turn it off. Since it’s release, there have been several posts on social media over it’s use against people by malicious political actors creating fake contents and spreading propaganda. Due to the addictive and manipulative nature of this technology, (See https://www.nairaland.com/8067071/why-ai-artificial-intelligence-bad) I want to use this medium to appeal to parents to be vigilant and protect their kids, teenagers on how they use and are exposed to this tech, especially on WhatsApp. Nigerian government needs to compel Meta to provide AI parental controls and the ability for its users to turn it off….

As I’ve said on a previous post, the AI revolution is a threat to humans …. The OP and all those using this manipulative technology may get addicted to it overtime relying on it for the most basic tasks, believing it’s content as fact without doing their own research…. It is glaring that as humans, we are now at the lowest point of our existence, government needs to implement policies to curtail the impact of this technology, people need to push for a stop in the development of AI technology…. See https://www.nairaland.com/8067071/why-ai-artificial-intelligence-bad

Seem it is also on Instagram as well, in my opinion users should’ve a choice, it is inappropriate to release this feature without providing an off button to deactivate it, Meta’s aggressive push of their AI model without considering user’s preferences on their social platforms may hurt their business model as this action will force many users to uninstall their social apps….

Googledotcom:
It's now on WhatsApp and Facebook quite interesting though.

It is a digital nightmare!

The OP may get addicted gradually and eventually prefer to discuss with it more than his family and human friends sharing sensitive secrets and intimate information to Big Tech Meta through the AI, see https://www.nairaland.com/8067071/why-ai-artificial-intelligence-bad

UHLmoving:
It's a digital breakthrough

The AI revolution can be stopped if collectively deliberate effort is made to reduce AI adoption through government policies and communal collaboration…. It is a matter of choice…. We are gradually destroying our societies and humanity through massive adoption of AI technology….

Asking people not to be concerned about AI is wrong as it is akin to someone after creating a weapon of mass destruction, he offers it to the target to fine tune it for him which he will eventually use to kill the target…. The fact that current mainstream AI may not be sentient doesn’t mean it won’t eventually become sentient overtime because mass adoption and usage by billions of people will fast track it.

Also you said AI revolution is unstoppable I disagree because what is central behind its surge is massive user adoption. If more people are aware of its danger and the inevitability of its addiction down the line then maybe many people will stop or minimize it’s usage which will stop its development as big tech companies are driven by user engagements and user data. It’s a choice that each of us have to make to collectively change the tide and stop AI revolution.

Personally, I am a proponent of human driven technological advancements. Not all tech is good for humans just like not all elements in nature is good for humans, for example, putting your hand in fire will burn it. Technologies like bots are not bad because it is simply a script program controlled by a human and setup to perform specific repetitive tasks but AI (Machine Learning) algorithmic systems that seeks to behave like humans, take decisions and do human tasks better is a direct threat to humans and should not be encouraged. Just like the earlier scenario regarding fire, not every technology is good for humans. Once you create something that you can’t control and is better than you then you’re obsolete and a threat to your creation…. The AI will thrive due to humans flawed insatiable quest for comfort and getting things done easy and fast which will affect humans creative and productive abilities…. Eventually humans won’t be able to function or take decisions without AI.

As I said earlier the AI revolution can be stopped if collectively deliberate effort is made to reduce AI adoption through government policies and communal collaboration…. It is a matter of choice…. We are gradually destroying our societies and humanity through massive adoption of AI technology….

100millionGoal:
Lol

AI revolution cannot be stopped

We're still very far from achieving a true sentient AI

no need to be scared.

Only country who'd be scared are those who don't adopt AI like the rest of the world

Also worldwide impact of AI is eminent as Meta has officially rolled out it’s powerful AI on WhatsApp for free with no option to turn it off…. just install the latest version of WhatsApp and its there. With over 2 billion WhatsApp users, the fact that a user can’t turn off this AI on such a popular service like WhatsApp is glaringly deliberate to force a massive adoption of Meta AI on unsuspecting users and compel users to train the AI model overtime. This powerful AI will eventually take over many human jobs, create economic and social societal crisis all over the world due to massive adoption by its users…. It is not just a case of Nigeria as humanity must decide on how to contend with this powerful pervasive technology before it is too late….

100millionGoal:
Those who're creating AI don't give a fuuuck about Nigeria.

The whole Nigeria can seize to exist and the world won't care.


Nigeria isn't an agenda for any AI conversation whatsoever


You guys don't even have electricity to meet the needs of AI

JUST DELETE THIS THREAD

You’re wrong Nigeria and a few other African countries like South Africa are central to AI massive adoption in Africa, see https://www.vanguardngr.com/2024/04/nigerias-ai-strategy-receives-3-5m-seed-funding/

I did not post this thread exclusively for Nigeria as the concerns raised are applicable worldwide, AI is a threat to humanity worldwide and not just humans in Nigeria….

100millionGoal:
Those who're creating AI don't give a fuuuck about Nigeria.

The whole Nigeria can seize to exist and the world won't care.


Nigeria isn't an agenda for any AI conversation whatsoever


You guys don't even have electricity to meet the needs of AI

JUST DELETE THIS THREAD

I look forward to engaging constructively with Nigerians and Nairaland users on this pertinent subject of AI. Hope the mods will push this thread to the front page.

With the recent government policies and push to foster AI solutions implementation, advancing partnerships with Meta (Facebook), Google, OpenAI ChatGPT and other big tech companies to incorporate AI tools into local public and private Nigerian frameworks, it is important to highlight the dangers of this fast emerging technology to Nigeria’s economy and humanity at large.

What is AI
According to Coursera, Artificial intelligence (AI) refers to computer systems capable of performing complex tasks that historically only a human could do, such as reasoning, making decisions, or solving problems.

Based on the definition above, it is certain that the primary objective of AI is a direct threat to humans abilities and creativity as it seeks to do what human do better thereby seducing and forcing human total reliance on it. With the fast deployment of AI on popular online services around the world by key greedy actors like OpenAI, Meta, Microsoft and Google who’s greedy CEOs only care about their shareholders selfish profit drives, the world’s economy is about to be enslaved by advanced AI systems as more government and people embrace the use of these AI systems like ChatGPT. For third world countries like Nigeria, this will mean massive job losses, massive brain drain, massive drop in human productivity through pervasive laziness, empowering big tech firms and advancing monopolistic capitalism….

Apart from the economic implications of AI, there are also societal and social consequences. It is obvious that AI is a powerful tool that can easily be abused or misused. In general, AI and learning algorithms extrapolate from the data they are given. If the designers deliberately do not provide representative data, the resulting AI systems become biased and unfair. Also, corrupt and oppressive governments can deploy AI to advance totalitarian anti people policies, silence critics and abuse people’s rights.

For example, if you train a human detection AI algorithm and only show the algorithm images of people with blonde hair, that system may fail to recognize a user with brown hair (e.g., brown hair = not a human). In practice, rushed applications of AI have resulted in systems with racial and gender biases. The bad of AI is a technology that does not treat all users the same.

It is no longer hidden that we are already facing the negative effects of AI in our society. For example, take recommendation algorithms for streaming and video, search services: the types of shows or Youtube videos you see are influenced by the shows or videos recommended to you by an artificial agent (AI). Today's advanced AI systems influence human decision making at multiple levels: from viewing habits to purchasing decisions, from political opinions to social values. To say that the consequences of AI is a problem for future generations ignores the reality in front of us. Our everyday lives are already being influenced and manipulated. Artificial Intelligence in its current state is largely unregulated and unfettered. Big tech companies and government institutions are free to develop algorithms that maximize their profit, their engagement, their impact and political influence. I don't worry about some dystopian future; I worry about the reality we have right now, and how we integrate the powerful possibilities of artificial intelligence into human-centered systems. For example, the ability to generate fake content with AI systems has significant potential to cause harm to humans. This is currently a major problem in politics already where disinformation is rampant. This can lead to legal problems where innocent people are accused of crimes or guilty people are cleared. It could also lead to financial problems like massive fraud, hacking and extortion. There are many other ways AI could cause harm to society, and I think many of them are still unknown. It will absolutely affect how we consume digital content, and if allowed to continue will harm human ability to trust what is real in the digital world.

It is true that there are profound benefits to AI in solving complex problems or simplifying tasks but these benefits are superficial to the long term negative consequences of AI to Nigeria’s economy, worldwide economy, social advancement and human values. AI is a threat to humans and this is just the beginning…. Government must implement policies to checkmate the selfish drives of big tech, people must educate themselves on the dangers of over reliance on AI systems and the importance of fostering human creativity and productivity…. It is glaring that the recent advancement of AI systems will continue by big tech companies drive to incorporate it in every aspect of our lives but the final deciding factor that will determine the future of these AI systems will be humanity’s choice to use it, depend on it and be enslaved by it….. it is not too late to turn the tide…..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwOEYM1-gDM?feature=shared
Tinubu’s minister blames Nigerians over electric power price increase.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxX634zk9GE?feature=shared

Tinubu and co revive election attacks and rhetorics against Peter Obi over their monumental failures and shameful 9-Month scorecard…. How long will Nigerians tolerate Tinubu’s divisive politics and his corrupt greedy political criminals who are bent on destroying the country….

The mayhem unleashed by terrorists all over the country in the last 2 weeks, the aftermath and deaths is alarming…. It is glaring that these attacks are political…. Calling them bandits is a disservice, a lie and a betrayal to the nation….. Nigerians deserve the truth….

It is indeed shameful that Nigerian newspapers lack the integrity to report objectively by calling blood tasty gunmen in the north bandits instead of terrorists…. This singular act in the choice of words used by Nigerian news media is clearly a calculated attempt to whitewash the terrible situation and insecurity going on especially in the northern part of the country. It is indeed a betrayal to the victims of terrorism and a verdict that corruption has eaten deep into Nigerian journalism. The obvious lie on the pages of newspapers calling the notorious gun men bandits each time they strike and the deceit will only encourage the terrorist sponsors to continue. Many journalists have become complacent and indirectly terrorist enablers….

What a pathetic comment….

StOla:
Na statistics we go chop?

Even the people of Argentina may be deriding their own country and also quoting the positive statistics that has come out of Nigeria and reported by foreign and international organs.

I ask again, na statistics Diego and Lopez go chop for Argentina?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5M9_HdQyQg

Nigeria and Argentina were facing the same issues in 2023, high inflation, budget deficit etc. In just 3 months of coming to power Javier Milei has made tremendous progress, curbing inflation and achieving a budget surplus since 12 years while Tinubu continues his predecessor‘s legacy of wasteful spending, bloated budgets, tribalism, nepotism, looting and corruption….

Again you’ve my vote…. Well said and thank you!

In my opinion Tinubu is a pretender he is only paying lip service to the issue…. If truly he cared about restructuring why did he not push for restructuring over the Fulani mass killings during Buhari’s regime. Was he not the APC national leader? That was the right time to push for restructuring of the country….

J3susFr3ak:
Lexi dude....

I am sure deep down in your heart, you are totally for some type of Restructuring. Now, here, even Tinubu is saying that he is also for Restructuring. Are you not willing to put aside some of your hang-ups and differences and at least meet with him half way there?

That dude you call Buhari was a wolf in sheep's clothing. He also pretended to play nice until he had total access to Federal Powers.

What did he do? He unleashed his dogs and wolves all over the nation to kill indigenous Nigerians to make roo for some Fula enclave.

Tinubu does not have a Yoruba expansionist agenda. Buhari did and like his ilk, still does.

I am sure what most Yorubas, Igbos and Southerners want (including Christian MB folk) is a level playing ground to conduct their businesses all over the country failry, and make a decent living.

Those with expansionist agendas do not see through that lens. Firm Regional Structures and systems puts a halt to any type of blood thirsty expansionist agendas as was seen callously wielded by a Buhari and still nursed by people from Sharia lands.


Giving too much Federal Power to a place like Abuja makes it all too easy to carry out this agenda aggressively because of the evil multiplier effects a twisted unitray system enforces.

Creating Regions with some equal weights of power checks the types of nonsense puked out of a Abuja by expansionists.

Tinubu is not an expasionsist by my observations so far. But he had to also play nice with a blood thirsty tyrant like Buhari who has no qualms offing countless innocents using Federal tools.

Spot on! I agree with the points you made…. As I’ve said on several threads and continue to post…. To salvage Nigeria….. Restructuring the country’s economic and political landscape to empower states/regions is inevitable…. Indeed you’ve made a compelling opinion….

J3susFr3ak:
Those are mere political statements Mr. Lexi. Even you should know that. If you're a lawyer and the stern biased Judge glares at you and say "Look at me funny again and I will throw you and your client out of my court to jail! "
That unequal balance of power in those situations forces you to take temporary positions in lieu of a broader objective.

That being said...

The major ethnic groups exist in a tight high voltage tension especially regarding who ultimately controls the massive oil revenues got both on and especially off shore. Today, politics and its shenanigans are one means by which these large ethnic groups fight to negotiate who gets that spoil. Talks about Regionalsm and fiscal Federalism is seen as testy and sensitive by those most bound to lose.

I suppose the fact that the type of self enriching and corrupt capitalism that evolved in the country since the 60s had not produced export oriented corporations utilizing local resources from the various regions that can be seen as dollar earning alternatives to the oil cos but rather created opportunistic people and entities out to ravish the little morsels falling down from the political largesse table... says a lot about how dire the situation is right now.

OK. From a MIddle Belter's view....foundational steps in Restructuring starts from resolving core security issues. Each State and Region must control its own internal security. We do not want the Federal Military used as a tool by a small population segment to circumvent the internal security structures of a state or region and its values in order to commit gross crimes and economic sabotage.

The Federal Military has no right to enter a Region or State except expressly invited in by the State Governor. What we have now are Federal soldiers being used as ethnic cleansing tools.

States grouped into regions has to make economic sense. Nigerians need to be educated on how they can honestly tap into the dominant resources in their areas and assisted in not just its production but also exportation as well. Banks and Government resources need to actively assist those type of producers and not just greedily fixate on short term gains from currency and commodity price speculations. One of my grand fathers in the 1950's and 60s was mining and exporting tin to the international markets because the colonial government actively encouraged that right until the Nigerian Government took over everything and ran everything to the ground. I am certain not many Nigerians oday know how to create a legal production oriented company for the exports market,

Using the 6 geo political zones as a basis for future regions is a bit lacking especially when the North Central Zone alone is larger than all the southern zones combined. There is no historical connection between a Kwara or Niger with Plateau for instance. That zone needs to be divided into two economically cohesive regions given its diversity.

Physical political boundaries even within the country needs to be strictly defined. People should know what is acceptable in one jurisdiction and illegal in another. This way you do not have an abused centralized system like we do now where any Tom Dick and Harry can use Federal connections to Abuja to abuse the sensibilities of local systems.

In a Restructured Economic landscape, each place can now define what their internal markets should look like. They can choose to revoke or forbid a Dangote from supplying certain items and choose to give licenses to their own preferred companies or protect their own production base.

Each region should have its own dominant Central Bank where the effort of their own economic output as reflected in their own dollar reserves reveals how serious or unserious they have chosen to become.

Who is a bribe taker? It is unfortunate that this is the best you can come up with in defense of the unimaginable damage that Tinubu and his APC government have done to Nigeria. You should be ashamed of yourself….

naija4life247:
You are a bribe taker and you will soon be caught, prosecuted and jailed

It is you that will cry for supporting the evil APC government…. For supporting the injustice unleashed on Nigerians…. For destroying Nigeria’s economy, all of you thinking that you’re immune to what is happening will face the consequences in due time….

naija4life247:
Una go cry tire.

By reducing purchasing power of Nigerians, this government has indeed successfully dehumanized many and established slave labour in Nigeria…. The only way out for Nigerians is to end this APC government and push for the total restructuring of Nigeria’s political landscape that will weaken the center and devolve more powers to regions/states….

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9TmSWO3MOk

Tinubu warns Qataris against his own ministers. Is de-marketing Nigeria part of his job?

Well said but two wrongs don’t make a right…. Whatever that happened in the past doesn’t mean that current generation of Igbos should continue to be marginalized or despised by other tribes…. It is time we look ahead and stop dwelling in the past…. if going back to the Federalism structure will ensure peace and prosperity then let all tribes push for it… the blame game over what happened in the 60s will not put food on anyone’s table or change Nigeria’s terrible economic realities….

Babinski:
Permit me to educate you on the following:

1. The first military Head of State in Nigeria (Gen. Aguiyi Ironsi) was an Igbo man who was brought into power through a Coup d'etat spearheaded by Igbo men. President Azikiwe, an Igbo man was conveniently absent and refused to pressure or dissuade the military, thus allowing the acting President (i.e. Senate President Nwafor Orizu), another Igbo man to officially handover power to Ironsi and thereby truncate the First Nigerian Republic.

2. Aguiyi Ironsi not only failed to punish the coup plotters but went ahead to promulgate the now-infamous "Decree No. 34", which abrogated the country's Federal structure and replaced it with a Unitary one that made the center so powerful at the detriment of the States and Regions.

Igbos not only created the resentment and provocations that led to the 1966 Civil War but also plunged Nigeria into the bad Unitary structure and the killing of Federalism that we are battling with till today.

If we talk about restructuring, it is more or less about going back to the Federalism structure and good old days that Aguiyi Ironsi and his kinsmen killed decades ago.

Read information on the link below to be educated:
http://www.gamji.com/nowa/nowa25.htm

It is almost impossible to divide the country without shedding blood or going to war as it is alien and not captured in Nigeria’s constitution…. What is easily obtainable is restructuring of our political and economic frameworks to weaken the center and devolve more powers to states/regions…. This is the only peaceful way we can attain regional autonomy….

smileyoo:
Just imagine such impudence, calling for the death or the killing of the wife of a sitting president , without any provocation than being a Christian .
an elderly respected Islamic scholar that claims to be working for God, made this vicious statement, not just a ragtag terrorist,
latter they will be deceiving themselves, that Islam is a religion of peace.
Indeed Nigeria is not made to be a United Nation, let's just peacefully divide this country now, before it too late.
DSS this man need your urgent invitation, or else you have no more reason for keeping mazi Nnamdi kanu in your custody.

Just as the video narrator pointed out that even the killers of the Christian Bauchi girl are yet to be arrested…. The only lasting solution to all these is restructuring and devolving more powers to states/regions…. the born to rule mentality of the northern elites can not be tamed… let each region/state control its fate by controlling its resources, development and security….

psucc:
This is a pointer or answer to those asking why the FG couldn't stop the genocide ongoing in the Middle Belt region of Nigeria and some other parts with christian dominated population.

If it had been a Christian clergy that made that statement, he would have been by now "cooperating with the Security agencies".

Watch out. The Imam will not be invited or any serious action taken. That's how Nigeria is being driven

Can any one who understands Hausa translate what the cleric was saying towards the end of the video…. Will like to add the English translation as footnote….

These are some of the consequences of Tinubu’s divisive Muslim/Muslim ticket… If nothing is done to curtail the excesses of these radical Northern clerics, they may unleash a religious civil war…. restructuring Nigeria’s political system is inevitable

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZTKFhjJI4o?feature=shared

Tinubu’s divisive politics spreading resentment in the North as Northern Clerics call for the death of Remi Tinubu…. Interesting analysis by NedMedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nndgZ5WwMsc?feature=shared

With this tiny tweak, governments could swiftly and simply end all hunger and homelessness in the world. With this minor modification, governments could release humanity from its indentured servitude and finally grant people true freedom and sovereignty… Interesting analysis by Eric Dubay

Also check this out - https://www.nairaland.com/7968871/all-governments-immoral-criminal-institutions

It appears they are going to increase fuel price anytime from now maybe next week….. Hope it’s rumor but there is no way Naira will hit N2000 to $1 and fuel price will remain the same…. It’s terrible….

BDC is not the problem…. This action by EFCC will devalue the Naira further to N5000 to $1 then maybe they will rest from their cluelessness by the time Nigeria’s economy collapses…. Banks can’t meet up with Nigeria’s forex demands this is the same hasty action by Tinubu in floating the currency that plummeted the exchange rate to where it is now…. BDC is not the problem these action of arresting will make it worse those supporting this will be the same people that will later criticize the government for failing…

Banks can’t meet up with Nigeria’s forex demands this is the same hasty action that plummeted the exchange rate to where it is now…. BDC is not the problem these action of arresting will make it worse you will be the same person that will come to criticize the government for failing…

Beautifulday:
You are wrong. The bank should be the only place to buy and sell dollar